New Jersey · Private foundation
Morris and Susan Benun Charitable Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $206k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,604
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $136,158
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Morris and Susan Benun Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $206k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $189k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $215k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $194k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $196k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $191k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Ahavath Shalom Inc | $74,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bet Yaakov of the Jersey Shore Inc | $62,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Yad David Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sephardic Torah Center | $14,578 | 5 | n/a |
| Congregation Emek Hatorah Inc | $8,162 | 5 | n/a |
| Yeshivat Ohel Torah | $7,150 | 2 | 0% |
| Keren Bnei Torah | $5,400 | 2 | 3% |
| Etz Hayim Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hatzolah EMS Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Bridge Academy Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Ahavath Shalom Inc | $74,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bet Yaakov of the Jersey Shore Inc | $62,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Yad David Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sephardic Torah Center | $14,578 | 5 | n/a |
| Congregation Emek Hatorah Inc | $8,162 | 5 | n/a |
| Yeshivat Ohel Torah | $7,150 | 2 | 0% |
| Keren Bnei Torah | $5,400 | 2 | 3% |
| Etz Hayim Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hatzolah EMS Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Bridge Academy Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tiferet Torah | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($990k), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · The Setton Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Howard Hoffman & Sons Foundation Inc · The Amin and Lillian Adjmi Foundation · MPS Foundation Inc · Ic Hessed Foundation · Mary & Abe Sutton Foundation · Isaac & Marjorie Gindi Foundation Inc · The Adjmi-Dwek Foundation Inc · Marbeh Shalom Foundation Inc · The Jimmy and Berta Khezrie Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Morris and Susan Benun Charitable Foundation Inc with peer funders
About Morris and Susan Benun Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does Morris and Susan Benun Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- Morris and Susan Benun Charitable Foundation Inc reported 13 grants totaling $206,127 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Morris and Susan Benun Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (64%), Religion (17%), Education (5%).
- Who are Morris and Susan Benun Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Friends of Ahavath Shalom Inc ($74k), Bet Yaakov of the Jersey Shore Inc ($62k), Yad David Inc ($25k).
- Does Morris and Susan Benun Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Morris and Susan Benun Charitable Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Morris and Susan Benun Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc, The Setton Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund.
- Where is Morris and Susan Benun Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- Morris and Susan Benun Charitable Foundation Inc is based in NJ.
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